Three years have passed since the October 7 Hamas-led terror attack on southern Israel and the start of the war that followed.

What does collective trauma on both sides mean for the prospects for peace, and how can trust be rebuilt after so much loss and suffering? 

DW put these and other questions to Tahani Mustafa, lecturer of International Relations at the department of War Studies at Kings College London and a former Senior Palestine Analyst at the International Crisis Group.